Newcastle smile

I'm sorry newcastle, I want you to be great and grand, but you're not, not to me anyway, you had the potential obviously with your sculpture, buildings, architecture and history, to be brilliant, but I'm afraid your people let you down.
As soon as we drove into town, me and my wife said, "nobody smiles!"("black-cat!") and all through our extreeeeeeeaaamly long shopping day, everyone walked around with an air of industrial determination, and nothing more.
I'd like to think we caught you on a bad day, but I'm pretty sure we didn't, (even the receptionist at the caravan park, recommended: "Ya wanta goes to the Metro Centre, they've got all ya shops there!"
The funny thing is, I have a feeling, you may be proud of it.

This is Queen Victoria by, my favourite sculpter, Alfred Gilbert (a suprise find),
"We are not amused"


No offence newcastle (best brown ale anywhere!) but you need bottox or summett?